{"id":1405,"date":"2017-03-08T15:21:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T15:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westminsterradio.net\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2017-03-08T15:21:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T15:21:40","slug":"should-happiness-be-the-business-of-the-government-jonathan-pryke-radio-package-w1610801","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/should-happiness-be-the-business-of-the-government-jonathan-pryke-radio-package-w1610801\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Happiness be the Business of the Government? Jonathan Pryke Radio Package &#8211; W1610801"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1408 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/03\/girl-204327_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"girl-204327_1920\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image:\u00a0https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/girl-hat-happy-laughing-face-cute-204327\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Should the government&#8217;s priority be the overall well being of its citizens, or is happiness down to the individual? The ONS well being survey, states that on average the public have rated their life satisfaction at 7.7 out of 10, but is this an\u00a0accurate figure, and how do they even gain this data?<\/p>\n<p>What can we do to make ourselves and others feel better?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1409 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/03\/15241311_1790581161203119_8939967810989144608_n-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"15241311_1790581161203119_8939967810989144608_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: Harrow&#8217;s Happiness Campaign &#8211; Sarah Kersey https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HappyHarrow\/photos\/a.1790580237869878.1073741861.1388911908036715\/1790581161203119\/?type=3&amp;theater<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1405-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/03\/DUMMY-1.wav?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/03\/DUMMY-1.wav\">https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/03\/DUMMY-1.wav<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">Cue: We all aim for happiness but how do we achieve it? While <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">income may have increased year by year, levels of happiness have stayed the same. Jonathan Pryke went to find out whether happiness should be the business of the government:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">In Words: \u201cShould happiness be a measure of society\u2019s success\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">Out Words: \u201c\u2026please visit our website for more information.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">Duration: 3\u201930\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image:\u00a0https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/girl-hat-happy-laughing-face-cute-204327\/ &nbsp; Should the government&#8217;s priority be the overall well being of its citizens, or is happiness down to the individual? The ONS well being survey, states that on average the public have rated their life satisfaction at 7.7 out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":582,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","category-audio-archive","category-first-year-archive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/582"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}